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 Definitions of melt  [ɛlt]  

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Definition of 'melt' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) melt
to become liquefied by heat.

2.  melt
to dissolve:
The lozenge will melt on your tongue.

3.  melt
to diminish to nothing:
His fortune slowly melted away.

4.  melt
to pass; blend:
Night melted into day.

5.  melt
to become softened in feeling.

6.  melt
Obs. to be subdued or overwhelmed by sorrow, dismay, etc.

7. (v.t.) melt
to reduce to a liquid state by heat:
Fire melts ice.

8.  melt
to cause to dwindle or dissipate.

9.  melt
to cause to change or blend gradually.

10.  melt
to soften in feeling:
a story to melt your heart.

11. (n.) melt
the act or process of melting or the state of being melted.

12.  melt
something that is melted.

13.  melt
a sandwich or other dish topped with melted cheese.

14. (n.) melt
the spleen, esp. of a cow or pig when used for food.

Etymology:  (1575–85; dial. (mainly Scots, N England) var. of milt)

Definition of 'melt' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) thaw, melt, thawing, melting
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

2. (verb) melt, run, melt down
reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
"melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

3. (verb) dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
become or cause to become soft or liquid
"The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"

4. (verb) mellow, melt, mellow out
become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial
"With age, he mellowed"

5. (verb) melt, meld
lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"

6. (verb) fade, melt
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
"The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

7. (verb) melt, disappear, evaporate
become less intense and fade away gradually
"her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"


Definition of 'melt' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) melt
to change from solid to liquid because of heat
Melt the butter in a large pan.; Eat your ice cream before it melts.


Definition of 'melt' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) melt
see 2d Milt

2.  melt
to reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow

3.  melt
hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken

4. (verb) melt
to be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures

5. (verb) melt
to dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth

6. (verb) melt
hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear

7. (verb) melt
to lose distinct form or outline; to blend

8. (verb) melt
to disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away


Translation of 'melt' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to (cause to) become soft or liquid, or to lose shape, usually by heating / being heated
The ice has melted; My heart melted when I saw how sorry he was.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: smelt Arabic flag Arabic: يُذيب، يَذوب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разтапям (се)
Brazilian flag Brazilian: derreter Czech flag Czech: roztát German flag German: schmelzen
Danish flag Danish: smelte Greek flag Greek: λιώνω Spanish flag Spanish: derretir
Estonian flag Estonian: sula(ta)ma Farsi flag Farsi: ذوب کردن Finnish flag Finnish: sulaa
French flag French: (faire) fondre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהָמִיס Hindi flag Hindi: पिघलाना
Croatian flag Croatian: topiti, rastopiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megolvad, elolvad Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencair
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bræða; bráðna Italian flag Italian: sciogliere, sciogliersi Japanese flag Japanese: 溶ける
Korean flag Korean: (고체가 열, 압력으로) 녹다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)tirp(dy)ti, atsileist Latvian flag Latvian: kust; atmaigt
Malay flag Malay: mencair Dutch flag Dutch: smelten Norwegian flag Norwegian: smelte, tine
Polish flag Polish: topnieć Persian flag Persian: ذوب کردن Pashto flag Pashto: ذوب كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: derreter Romanian flag Romanian: a (se) topi Russian flag Russian: (рас)таять; плавить(ся)
Slovak flag Slovak: roztopiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: topiti se Serbian flag Serbian: topiti se
Swedish flag Swedish: smälta Thai flag Thai: ละลาย Turkish flag Turkish: eri(t)mek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 熔化,使熔化 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: топитися; м'якшати Urdu flag Urdu: پگھلنا، گھلنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tan chảy Chinese flag Chinese: 熔化

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